Metallized shrinkable label
AssigneeSancoa International Company, L.P.
InventorsBarron G. McKillip, Ulrich E. Weyermann, Daniel B. Chaffee
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Abstract
The present invention is a metallized shrinkable label and a method for producing the same. The label of the invention is composed of a shrinkable film base and a graphic. The graphic is created by combining pigmented inks, a metallic coating and a shrink-resistant coating which is printed in a predetermined pattern with gaps so that upon exposure of the label to heat, the gaps close thereby forming a continuous graphic layer. Advantageously, the shrink-resistant coating minimizes discoloration and pleating of the metallic coating.
Claims3
A metallized shrinkable label comprising a shrinkable film base with a graphic applied to at least a portion of the lower surface of the shrinkable film, wherein the graphic comprises:
- (a) a metallic ink or coating printed on the shrinkable film base by offset, letter press, gravure, silk screen, flexography, digital techniques or a combination thereof, and
- (b) a shrink-resistant epoxy, acrylate or acrylic coating, and
- wherein the metallic coating and shrink-resistant coating are printed in an identical predetermined pattern with defined gaps within the metallic coating and shrink-resistant coating.
A method for producing a metallized shrinkable label comprising applying a shrink-resistant epoxy, acrylate or acrylic coating and metallic ink or coating, in an identical predetermined pattern with defined gaps within the metallic ink or coating and shrink-resistant epoxy, acrylate or acrylic coating, on at least a portion of the lower surface of a shrinkable film base;
- wherein the metallic coating is printed by offset, letter press, gravure, silk screen, flexography, digital techniques or a combination thereof on the lower surface of the shrink-resistant epoxy, acrylate or acrylic coating thereby producing a metallized shrinkable label.
A method for producing a metallized shrinkable label comprising applying a metallic ink or coating and shrink-resistant epoxy, acrylate or acrylic coating on at least a portion of the lower surface of a shrinkable film base;
- wherein the shrink-resistant epoxy, acrylate or acrylic coating and metallic ink or coating are printed by offset, letter press, gravure, silk screen, flexography, digital techniques or a combination thereof in an identical predetermined pattern with defined gaps within the metallic ink or coating and shrink-resistant epoxy, acrylate or acrylic coating, and wherein the shrink-resistant epoxy, acrylate or acrylic coating is on the lower surface of the metallic ink or coating thereby producing a metallized shrinkable label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.